The advocates of the policies mand will be disgusted heartened at their weakness. Those who oppose them will utter loud laughs of derision at the puny and stupid efforts to make them appear what they are not, How indebted all should be for the printing side by side with these flabby utterances the concise and real recommendations of the Hunan Christian Council. The writer does not agree that the latter arw wise or practicable at present but they are crisply and honestly definite. Their Art. 2. says "Henceforth churches shall deal directly with the local authorities ete." Art, 18 demands that the missions "im: mediately" transfer authority to the Chinese church, Compared with these utterances how timid and foolish the N.C, C. appears and how its members could ever have hoped that such flimsy stuff as this would. "get by" will long remain a marvel to those who know well the astuteness of many of its members.
The same resolution was to advocate the abolition of extraterritori lity and the famous "tolerate clauses" and we were awaiting the verdict of the assembled council on the subject. when it was announced that this beautiful resolution had been withdrawn. Every one wondered why, and as there was explanation given publicly we naturally guessed that some wise man from afar, whose ear had been jeloser to the ground than the ears fof the wise men of Shanghai can fever zet, had come along and whis ered softly but firmly "Sh-h-h-h!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.